Thursday, November 1, 2018

Thursday's Headlines: Trump’s moves on immigration roil midterm campaign for both parties

 
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Trump's moves on immigration roil midterm campaign for both parties
The president's vows to end birthright citizenship and send more troops to the border have repelled moderate House Republicans but prompted some red-state Senate Democrats to express support.
Trump says he may send 15,000 troops to U.S.-Mexico border
The president said that he is considering a significant increase to the number of military personnel along the border, two days after he unveiled plans to send 5,200 troops there.
 
For Trump, a 'national emergency' is anything he says it is
The president has eschewed offering formal legal proclamations to assert special powers in favor of rhetorical warnings aimed at stoking public fears.
 
University of Maryland reverses course, fires football coach DJ Durkin in wake of player's heatstroke death in June
The decision to part ways with Durkin came following pushback from lawmakers and some players who voiced their displeasure via social media with Tuesday's announcement that the coach would return to the sidelines.
 
As Venezuela's health system collapses, disease spreads beyond its borders
Venezuela's health-care system has virtually broken down, allowing once-eradicated illnesses to reemerge. The country is in the grips of a measles epidemic that has spread to Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
 
'Saviors of the white race': Perpetrators of hate crimes see themselves as heroes, researchers say
Universities are charting how the acts, which are on the rise, have shifted in motivation.
 
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The Trump administration backs a cease-fire in Yemen. Will it persuade Saudi Arabia?
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Trump and the Saudis keep fumbling after Khashoggi's killing
Even the Trump administration, which has gone out of its way to defend Riyadh, may be reaching its limit.
 
 
Divers recover flight data recorder from crashed Indonesian Lion Air jet 
The discovery brings investigators closer to solving the mystery of how an almost-new plane could go down in clear skies.
 
Campaign 2018
Early vote totals in at least 17 states already surpass 2014 turnout at this point
The numbers are so high in some states that early voting may exceed total vote counts — including Election Day tallies — from four years ago.
 
Government watchdog report paints a picture of a grim state of affairs in Afghanistan
The report warns that the Taliban is making inroads as it also details record civilian casualties, disappointing performances by ­anti-corruption agencies and soaring drug production and addiction.
 
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Here's the 'small protest' Trump says he didn't see in Pittsburgh
Thousands assembled at nearly the last minute to protest President Trump's visit to their city after a gunman killed 11 people in a synagogue. Whether Trump saw it or not, it was not small.
 
N. Korean women face widespread sexual violence by 'government officials,' rights group says
"When an official in a position of power 'picks' a woman she has no choice but to comply with any demands he makes," the Human Rights Watch report said.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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